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Pat Toomey: “The fact is, the top 10 percent of income earners earn 47 percent of the income in America and pay 71 percent of all the…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2017
The fact is, the top 10 percent of income earners earn 47 percent of the income in America and pay 71 percent of all the taxes.
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Pat Toomey
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Toomey highlights the tax contributions of the top income earners in America.

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